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[groff] 05/24: groff_man*(7): Correct erroneous claim.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 05/24: groff_man*(7): Correct erroneous claim.
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 04:22:43 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 8739917fe9fd9df68ba2be19eb156165271c7c89
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Dec 21 17:20:12 2022 -0600

    groff_man*(7): Correct erroneous claim.
    
    mandb(8) doesn't index based on the `TH` call, but on the contents of
    the "Name" section, which it parses with lexgrog(1).
    
    Thanks to Colin Watson for the correction.
---
 tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 92952bc17..083bd8118 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -338,9 +338,8 @@ group of macros.
 .
 .B .TH
 (title heading)
-identifies the document as a man page and defines information enabling
-.MR mandb 8
-or a similar tool to `index' it.
+identifies the document as a man page and configures the page headers
+and footers.
 .
 Section headings
 .RB ( .SH ),



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